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Hoover High School's boys basketball team was undefeated and won the state championship in the 2005-2006 school year. They also won the sportsmanship award. They also made it to the state championship in the 2010-2011 season, but the title run fell short as the Huskies fell to Linn-Mar. Jeremy Hellickson, a top prospect for the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team, attended the school. Tom Craig, a top NCAA football prospect, attended the school as well. Craig was set as number one on the depth chart entering his freshman year at strong side linebacker while attending the University of South Carolina. Unfortunately, Craig's bright future was cut short.
Unlike the school's other sports teams, the girls' swimming team is known as the Marlins; when the school opened in 1967, the team decided they wanted to be different, and the alternate name was born. In 1996, football all-star Ben Proffitt attended the school. He is currently known for appearing in a popular series of TV ads for a local banking institution, wearing a white t-shirt reading 'BILL.' Hoover's main rival is Theodore Roosevelt High School (Des Moines).
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